Organizers of the Chandler International Film Festival recently released a list of the 2024 winners, many of whom received their honors at the eighth annual CIFF in late January.
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Chandler Film Festival 2024 winners announced
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Chandler International Film Festival moviegoers and others take photos and converse with a mascot at CIFF’s eighth annual event. Festival organizers recently released the awards list from its two-weekend event.
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Organizers of the Chandler International Film Festival recently released a list of the 2024 winners, many of whom received their honors at the eighth annual CIFF in late January.
Best New Filmmaker: Wuss by Nadine Wilson
Best Student Filmmaker: El Halcón by Arlene Torres
Best Comedy Short Film: CATastrophe by Tracy Lauren Locke
Best Action/Adventure Short Film: Sunset Drive by Michael Thomas DeLano
Best Suspense/Thriller Short Film: I Saw What I Saw by Nanci Gaglio
CIFF Art Award: The Green Art Academy
Best Horror Short Film: 77 by Kim Kopf
Best Screenplay: Path of Vindication by Prakshep Bhatt
Best International Short Film (Block A): Miss Agata by Anna Elena Pepe and Sebastian Maulucci
Best International Short Film (Block B): Raj - Lost & Found by Saraswathi Vani Balgam
Best Woman Short Film: Abrazo by Paola Baldion
Best Short Film (Block A): The Delicate Cycle by Katherine King
Best Short Film (Block B): Sprinkle Brownies by Brittany Delgaty
Best Documentary Short Film: Baseball Behind Barbed Wire by Yuriko Gamo Romer
Career Icon Award: Dean Norris
Lifetime Achievement Award: Eric Roberts
Dr. A. J. Chandler Award: Emilia Reyna and Allison Sandoval
Best Drama Short Film: Black Velvet by Josie Hull
Jury’s Choice Award: Land’s End by Alan Kim
Best Spanish/Latin Film: Sara: La Fuerza Del Mar by Martín Agudelo Ramírez and Andrés Ricaurte
Best Asian Film: Dark Feathers by Crystal J. Huang and Nicholas Ryan
Best Indian Film: Sir Madam Sarpanch by Praveen Morchhale
Best Native American Film: The Weight of a Feather by Kristin Atwell Ford
Best European Film: From Life to Life by Beka Sikharulidze
People’s Choice Award: Art Thief by Arthur Bjorn Egeli
Mayor’s Choice Award: Maya by Julia Verdin
Best Arizona Short Film: Superstar by Talha Hussaini and Jacob Heimlich
Best Arizona Feature Film: Touch the Water by Travis Holt Hamilton
Best Actor: Max Deacon in Art Thief
Best Actress: Mallory Everton in Villains Inc.
Best Director: Rick Walker in Guardians
Best Faith/Family Film: Thabo and the Rhino Case by Mara Eibl-Eibesfeldt
Best US Narrative Feature Film: Road to Terzetto by Brian Shakti
Best International Narrative Feature Film: The Last Passenger by Takashi Horie
Best Documentary Feature Film: Running the RadioTron by David Guzman
Best Late Night Feature Film: The Activated Man by Nicholas Gyeney
Best Feature Film: Villains Inc. by Jeremy Warner.
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